Longing to be somewhere warm today.....

Oh, to be sitting on this beach in Maui when there's snow falling at home. I just wish I was there.


Sipping a Mai Tai!!!!

Working Night Shift Sleep Quandry

I've worked as a nurse for many years...and recently started working straight nights (11pm-7:30am). I'm trying to decide if this is a good choice or not. I currently find myself up at 3:00 in the morning on my day off...having slept the afternoon and evening away. I've been watching tv, surfing the internet, and not really doing anything productive. It does get hard to turn my schedule around on the weekends. But, that brings me to one of the benefits of this shift, I work Sunday through Thursday, which means I have every weekend off. That's something that most nurses can't say and would envy! I also get a significant shift differential, and have noticed a nice increase in my paycheck. I don't have to put up with much of the "politics" of the workplace. I could come up with several other benefits...but, sleep, that's the problem! Do I keep the same sleep hours on my days off...maintain the sleep during the day/up at night schedule, or change my days back to "normal" on my days off??? I've tried both and can't seem to decide. I really can't sleep all day on the weekends...or I wouldn't have any time to spend with friends and family. But, I seem to lose Fridays by sleeping much of the day hours away and go to bed that night to be up on Saturday morning. Hmmmm, that's the quandry...